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Pega Tech Lead
Irving, Texas| Tampa, Florida| Jacksonville, Florida| Sioux Falls, South DakotaJob Req ID 21394990
Citi's technology team is growing at lightning speed, and we're looking for talented technologists to help build the future of global banking. Our teams are creating innovations used across the globe – we're changing the way people bank and how the world does business. Citi's technology team supports business operations in 100+ countries, across multiple lines of business spanning both Institutional and retail businesses. The group works to optimize the IT environment by standardizing production platforms, reducing complexity, and introducing innovative solutions that provide new business capabilities, reduce total cost of ownership, and create a competitive advantage for Citi. Join an environment with a laser focus on growth and progress, and take your career to the next level through the power of Citi's unmatched globality and vast expertise.
Success Profile
As one of the world's most global banks, Citi gives you the tools to be a trailblazer. We're not just building technology, we're building the future of banking. With thousands of employees located around the globe, we are an international team encompassing a broad range of teams, roles, and cultures, and we invite you to come and join us!
- Creative
- Analytical
- Collaborative
- Productive
- Adaptable
- Relationship Expertise
The Applications Development Technology Lead Analyst is a senior level position responsible for establishing and implementing new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology team. The overall objective of this role is to lead applications systems analysis and programming activities.
- Partner with multiple management teams to ensure appropriate integration of functions to meet goals as well as identify and define necessary system enhancements to deploy new products and process improvements
- Resolve variety of high impact problems/projects through in-depth evaluation of complex business processes, system processes, and industry standards
- Provide expertise in area and advanced knowledge of applications programming and ensure application design adheres to the overall architecture blueprint
- Utilize advanced knowledge of system flow and develop standards for coding, testing, debugging, and implementation
- Develop comprehensive knowledge of how areas of business, such as architecture and infrastructure, integrate to accomplish business goals
- Provide in-depth analysis with interpretive thinking to define issues and develop innovative solutions
- Serve as advisor or coach to mid-level developers and analysts, allocating work as necessary
- Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.
- 6-10 years of relevant experience in Apps Development or systems analysis role
- Extensive experience system analysis and in programming of software applications
- Experience in managing and implementing successful projects
- Subject Matter Expert (SME) in at least one area of Applications Development
- Ability to adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate
- Demonstrated leadership and project management skills
- Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
- Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience
- Master's degree preferred
This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.
Job Family Group:Technology
Job Family:Applications Development
Time Type:Full time
Primary Location:Irving Texas United States
Primary Location Salary Range:$116,880.00 - $175,320.00
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Isabelle Noelene Chong
Applications Development Supervisor
Tenure at Citi: 2 years and 5 months.
How did you begin a career in Technology?
As a Computer Science graduate from NTU, I wanted to work somewhere where I would be able to make use of my technical skills, as well as explore the world of finance. Citi seemed like the perfect place for me to give me the exposure in both Technology and Finance. I was also drawn to Citi's Technology Management Associate Program, as I knew that being in the program would equip me with the technical skills, in-depth business knowledge, as well as interpersonal skills that would accelerate my career development. The rotation structure would also give me the exposure to different parts of the bank and help me decide on my final placement after the program.
What does your day-to-day job entail and what do you like most about it?
My current role in GCT's Digital Department allows me to work with stakeholders from Technology, Business, and Citi's external partners. I am currently the lead of Emerging Payments module for the Enterprise Service Bus team in the Digital Department and am also part of the team spearheading a new initiative – Citi E-Marketplace, which will not only add value to Citi's consumers, but also Citi and it's partner merchants, too.
What do you enjoy most about your role?
What I love most about my role is being able to make a difference in the lives of Citi's consumers, which includes yours and mine, too.
What do you enjoy most about your role?
I enjoy being able to interact with stakeholders from Technology and Business, as it helps me to understand the different perspectives of these stakeholders and helps bridge the gap whenever necessary. I also love working on new digital-related ideas and turning them it into reality.
What skill set does someone working in this kind of area need?
I think an important attribute someone working in this area would need to have is the willingness to learn. As technology is constantly evolving, we need to consistently upgrade ourselves in order to stay relevant. Hence, it is essential that one is able to adapt according to the needs of the organization.
What advice would you give to someone looking to break into a career in Technology?
Go for it! You never know till you try. I feel that as long as you are willing to put in the extra effort to learn new technical skills, you will be able to ease into the technical role in no time.
Where can a career at Citi/Technology take you?
I think a career in Citi/Technology gives me endless opportunities – not just locally, but around the world, too. The only limitation to where your career can take you is yourself. More often than not, we find ourselves too shy to ask for what we want. Not all of us are lucky enough to have opportunities thrown on our lap; hence, in order to reach our career aspirations, we must be willing to speak up for ourselves.
What makes Citi a great place to work?
My favourite parts about Citi include culture, people, and opportunities. I will elaborate on culture in the next question. As for people, I think I have been very lucky throughout my career with Citi to have been able to work with such fantastic people. In the four teams I have worked with so far, everyone I met was always ever so willing to share their knowledge with me, and lend me a helping hand when I needed. It is their energy and intelligence that stretches and motivates me to further my career.
I have also gotten a countless number of opportunities here in Citi – the opportunity to learn through various trainings; the opportunity to lead initiatives, be it within my job scope or through Citi's APAC O&T Women In Leadership (WIL) Council and CitiClub; the opportunity to try different job roles through the Technology Analyst Program, etc., which I am incredibly thankful for.
What is the culture like at Citi?
I think a large part of Citi's culture is made up of the various clubs/groups in Citi. To give an idea of what the culture in Citi is like, let me share my experience at the clubs that I was most involved in – CitiClub and the APAC O&T WIL Council. Through CitiClub, I was not only able to engage with my fellow employees by organizing various employee-engagement activities, I was also able to collaborate with like-minded people to pursue various passions, such as playing sports or giving back to society. As the Engagement Lead of APAC O&T WIL Council, I was able to raise awareness of gender issues, help O&T women to achieve both their personal and career goals, as well as to promote diversity at the workplace. Personally, I see diversity as an important element for growth, as teams with diverse backgrounds usually work better together and produce more effective results. It is heartening to see that Citi takes diversity in the organization seriously, as evidenced by the various diversity-related initiatives in place.
Markets and Securities Services Technology – Australia Production Support Lead
Tenure at Citi: 10 years
Can you tell me a bit about yourself and your background?
When I first introduce myself to someone new, or someone who doesn't quite know me sees my name, more often than not a perception is formed that I am Japanese. Although I do have a Japanese name and although I was indeed born in Japan, it's not quite so simple. Through my family, I have Vietnamese and Chinese heritage – although living here in Sydney, Australia for practically my whole life, I consider myself an Aussie. When I'm not at work, I enjoy being active outdoors, whether it be playing basketball, going to the beach, or going for weekend road trips.
How did you begin a career in Technology?
After graduating from Sydney University with a Software Engineering degree, I started my career at Citi as a graduate. I was hired into the Equities Production Support team, which allowed me to enhance my technical skills and develop an understanding of financial markets/business trading flows. Over the years, I was fortunate to have multiple internal opportunities opened up to me, where I now lead the Markets and Securities Services (MSST) Production Support team in Australia.
What does your day-to-day job entail and what do you like most about it?
Working for MSST Production Support keeps you on your toes (literally). The Support team sits with the Markets traders on the Dealing Room Trading Floor. For someone who hasn't seen what a trading floor looks like, imagine a large hall full of computer screens stacked side by side, big-screen electronic notice boards, traders standing and shouting instructions at each other and phones constantly ringing. The noise and furious pace of the trade floor can be quite a spectacle. The MSST Production Support team is responsible for keeping trading systems up and functional, allowing the traders to transact on behalf of the firm or on behalf of clients.
What do you enjoy most about your role?
Every day on the trade floor brings something new, e.g., winning new clients and learning new business flows, keeping up with constant change both internally and externally, such as changes to infrastructure, technology enhancements, and market regulations, and continuously looking for ways to stay on top of our competitors. This is a fast-paced area, and those that remain stagnant will fall behind!
What skill set does someone working in this kind of area need?
A tertiary qualification in Business Information Technology or Computer/Software Engineering is recommended. Knowledge of financial markets is useful. Experience with multiple operating systems, databases, programming languages are key technical requirements. We also look for people with strong soft skills such as communication (both written and verbal), time management, and being able to succeed in a demanding environment.
What advice would you give to someone looking to break into a career in Technology?
Technology is the future! Why wait? Technology companies are always looking to make things faster, bigger (or smaller, depending on what the object is), more stable, having improved performance. This is an exciting age we are living in.
Where can a career at Citi/Technology take you?
From starting my career 10 years ago as a graduate to now being responsible for production support of Australia's Markets and Securities Services business, this is an example of where your career at Citi could go. Leveraging from your existing networks/connections and constantly looking to build new networks will hopefully open up opportunities for you as it did to me.
What makes Citi a great place to work?
Working for a global company, there are countless career mobility/career opportunities that could take you around the world. With so many different departments, you're bound to meet great people at work. Citi also promotes personal development and offers a vast range of training programs covering technical areas, interpersonal behaviors and leadership programs. What you take away from these training sessions can help you in the workplace but can also be applied to your everyday lifestyle.
What is the culture like at Citi?
Citi is a diverse workplace full of employees with a wide range of backgrounds. Cultural events, such as Diwali and Chinese New Year, are celebrated at work. Much thought goes into the planning of these events, which shows the appreciation and respect the company has of its employees. Citi also uses a framework to recognize employees who provide significant contributions toward company goals. Recognition is one of the common motivating factors for employees, so it's great to see that in use here at Citi.
Assistant Manager, FX Technology
Tenure at Citi: 1.5 Years
Can you tell me a bit about yourself and your background?
I graduated from the National University of Singapore in 2016 with a Computer Engineering degree. I first joined Citi in July 2016 under the Technology Analyst Program, which seeks to provide structure and exposure to fresh graduates joining Citi Technology. I have always been interested in technology from my childhood days, and actively pursuing it as my university education was a real joy for me. In my spare time, I like to stay active by doing Mixed Martial Arts or playing soccer. I also enjoy making music and reading.
How does your role/department impact the larger Citi organization?
My department is committed to developing innovative solutions to enhance the process of Foreign Exchange trading via FX Connect (a third-party vendor application). We target to build a bridge between Citi VELOCITY and FX Connect, seamlessly integrating the end-to-end workflow between both applications and providing our users with greater ease of use.
How did you begin a career in your department/line of business?
began my career in the FX Technology in September 2017 as part of the requirements for the Technology Analyst Program. This is my second and final rotation under the program and, so far, it has been a valuable and fruitful experience. My first rotation was a one-year stint in Commodities Technology, which was fulfilling as well.
What does your day-to-day job entail and what do you enjoy most about it?
My day-to-day job consists of resolving issues and fixing bugs that are found in the application. My manager often challenges me with new enhancements to be made, and is open to hearing my opinions. I always get a sense of fulfillment when I see my changes working in a live environment. I enjoy the open discussions I have with my teammates and the freedom I get to creatively implement my changes.
What skill set does someone working in this kind of area need?
A curious mind and dedication to deliver beyond expectations. Anyone who is open to learning and exploring new solutions will fit well in this area. What advice would you give to someone looking to break into a career in your department? Read a lot and practice what you have read. Be proactive and eager to learn from people. Technology is constantly changing, and you will never know what you can learn from someone else.
Where can a career at Citi take you?
FX Technology offers vast opportunities, as the business is stable and established. With teams spread across the world, this department makes global mobility a viable and realizable option. Further to this, this department puts a strong focus on harnessing the newest technologies and integrating them into the applications we build. Being in this team will allow me to grow to be more adept in Application Development, and perhaps even lead my own projects and teams in the future.
What makes Citi a great place to work?
Great people and an empowering culture. The people in Citi are highly collaborative and are always willing to share what they know. They promote inclusiveness and I have never once felt left out. Citi believes in empowering its employees through training and celebrating excellence. Not only am I often compelled to do better and to push the boundaries of innovation and technology, I also find myself enabled to do so through the trainings I have access to and the people I have networked with.
Do you take part in any volunteering, special programs, or leadership development opportunities and/or participate in any Employee Networks? If so, please describe.
I have recently closed my chapter as the lead of CitiClub Singapore's Terrific Thursdays committee. It is a committee that organizes weekly workshops on Thursdays to empower and engage Citi's employees. In 2017, we had a total of 1,429 participants across 21 events that we held, a 38% increase from the previous year. I continue to actively engage myself in CitiClub activities and provide assistance whenever required.
In 2018, my goal is to be more involved in groups advocating diversity in the workplace – groups such as Women in Leadership (WIL) or Women in Technology (WiT). In addition to this, I hope to be able to participate in more leadership development programs sometime in the future.
Senior Vice President
Tenure at Citi: 14 years 9 months
Can you tell me a bit about yourself and your background?
I am a computer engineer from Pune University and have 13 years of overall technology experience. Started my career in 2004 as a software engineer and worked on several important initiatives for organizations like Principal Financial Group, HSBC and Patni before joining Citi..
How did you begin a career in Technology?
I always had passion for programming and, as a result, I started my career in technology as a programmer in Patni (now acquired by Capgemini) after completing my graduation in 2004.
What does your day-to-day job entail and what do you like most about it?
Day-to-day job entails working closely with business stakeholders, understanding business initiatives, and working with the team to build efficient technology solutions for the business. I enjoy building the best-in-class solutions for the business, partnering with global stakeholders, and motivating the team to achieve superior results
What do you enjoy most about your role?
I get to learn about the business functions and explore the latest and greatest technologies to build best-in-class solutions for the business and I get to work with very talented individuals.
What skill set does someone working in this kind of area need?
Some of the important ones (but not limited to) are passion for technology, ability to collaborate with different teams, enthusiasm to drive for building the best technology solutions, and the energy to embrace change and challenge the status quo.
What advice would you give to someone looking to break into a career in Technology?
Keep upgrading your technical skill set; however be technology agnostic and be flexible to work on any technology that offers the most to achieve the optimum solution for solving the problems in hand.
Where can a career at Citi take you
Sky is the limit at Citi. Multiple options are available based on one's competencies and interest. One can shape up a career in technology leadership or tech experts can pursue a career in engineering as a tech architect/solution architect, for example.
What makes Citi a good place to work?
Global presence, challenging work opportunities, collaborative work environment, and talented people to work with make Citi a great place to work.
What is the culture like at Citi?
Culture at Citi is client focused, people focused, diverse, inclusive, and collaborative.
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My great-great grandmother was Matilda Park (1828-1881). She was born in Belfast, Ireland, and married Richard Vause in Bath, Somerset, England, in 1852 and they emigrated to Natal in the following month.
Richard Vause was born in Hull, and grew up there, and so one of the mysteries of our family history is how he met and married a girl who lived in Bath. He did work in shipping for a while, and that may have led him to travel, but Bath was not exactly a major port.
Matilda was the youngest daughter of William Park (c1780-1844) and Mary Martin (c1784-1851).Her death announcement in The Times (Jun 17, 1881) reads:
On the 12th May, at her residence, Bellevue, aged 52, deeply lamented,
MATILDA, the much-loved wife of RICHARD VAUSE, of Robinson, Vause, and Co.,
Durban, Natal, youngest daughter of the late William Park, Esq., of Bath,
Somersetshire (formerly of Belfast and Quebec, Canada), and granddaughter of
the late John Martin, Esq., of Messrs. John Martin and Co., Belfast,
Ireland. Friends at a distance will kindly accept this intimation.
Also in The Times (Mar 5, 1855) appears this death announcement:
On the 1st inst., in his 35th year, Samuel Martin Harrison, Esq., youngest
son of the late John Knox Harrison, Esq., and grandson of the late John
Martin, Esq., of Belfast.
So Samuel Martin Harrison was possibly a first cousin of Matilda Park, and John Knox Harrison may have married a sister of Mary Martin.
Mary Martin is described as the daughter of John Martin of John Martin & Co, Belfast.
Matilda Park and Richard Vause were married in a double wedding ceremony, along with Matilda's sister Octavia. The Bath Herald of 10 Jan 1852 carried the following marriage announcement
Jan. 6, at St Saviour's, in this city, by the Rev. Dr. Stamer, Rector, Frederick Robert Hawkins, esq., of Trowbridge, to Octavia, daughter of the late William Park, esq., of Belfast.
At the same time Richard Vause, esq., of Hull, to Matilda also daughter of the late William Park esq., of Belfast.
The name Octavia could imply that she was the eighth child in the family (making Matilda the ninth), and there were certainly other siblings.
A death announcement in the Natal Mercury reports that Annie G. Barrett (born Park) sister of Matilda Vause died 19 Aug 1871 New York, aged 52. Another death announcement in the Natal Mercury noted that Alice Bruce, wife of John Bruce of the Surveyor General's Department, niece of Matilda Vause (born Park) died 21 MAR 1877 at Rosehill, Port Louis, Mauritius aged 28. Another announcement in the same paper noted that William Bruce of the Storekeeper General's Department died at Port Louis, Mauritius on 3 June 1885, and that he was a nephew of Matilda Vause.
A marriage register entry shows that Margaret Martin Park married James Drake in Bath in 1848.
I'm interested in finding out more about William Park, and his connections with Belfast and Quebec. There is some more about him on our family Wiki pages. We'd also like to know more about his children, and descendants of his other children, and more about the Martin family of Belfast. There is more information about Matilda Park and her husband Richard Vause here.
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4chan vigilante group Anonymous is used to getting away with its DDoS attacks and other Internet shenanigans, but that's not going to be the case this time around. An arrest has been made in 4chan's revenge attacks on PayPal, Visa, and MasterCard, begun after the companies stopped providing services to WikiLeaks. The first to go down is a Dutch 16-year-old boy, who has been arrested by the Dutch High Tech Crime Team and is being held for interrogation.
The teenager went unnamed by the National Prosecutor, but the team said in an announcement Thursday that the cyberattacks (some of which came out of the Netherlands) "quickly led" investigators to the suspect. In addition to his arrest, the 4channer's computers and other devices were seized.
In addition to the high-profile attacks on the payment processors, Anonymous also made an attempt to take down Amazon after the company kicked WikiLeaks off its servers. That attempt appears to have failed (as did the initial attacks on PayPal), but the group could decide to renew its efforts at any time.
As for the arrested teenager, he has already confessed to being part of the attacks on Visa and MasterCard, according to Dutch authorities. The investigation is ongoing, though, because a larger group is "probably" involved. We're going to go out on a limb and say that a single arrest won't put a stop to the actions of that larger group.


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It's been more than a year since the Nationals racing presidents last appeared at Pittsburgh's PNC Park — an infamous visit in which Teddy Roosevelt became a SportsCenter highlight when Pittsburgh Pirates racing pierogie Potato Pete took Teddy down in an open field tackle that ESPN's Scott Van Pelt called "the greatest highlight I've ever seen."
The presidents took the field at PNC Park once again this Labor Day weekend for a series of relay races vs. the pierogies, and by all accounts, Teddy was not about to let a renegade Pierogie take him down again.
On Saturday night, Teddy ran the anchor leg, and sure enough, he held the lead again in the home stretch, but the Pittsburgh mascots left nothing to chance, sending not one but two pierogies after him. Teddy was promptly flattened, keeping the presidents winless in their 3 seasons of visits to PNC Park.


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A hot and sticky Nationals Park was packed with fans Friday night as Livan Hernandez and the Nats defeated the the Cincinnati Reds. As well as Livan's been pitching, the crowd would like have been much smaller had it been known he'd be on the mound when tickets went on sale…
No. Many of the 33,774 in attendance Friday purchased their tickets in anticipation of Stephen Strasburg's major league debut, which was ultimately pushed to next week. Many of our readers have expressed their hope to see a Teddy Victory when Stephen Strasburg makes his first start at Nationals Park, and perhaps for them, the question was whether Teddy would double the disappointment, or give the big crowd the "I was there" moment they'd hoped for.
Roosevelt came out of the gate fast, and maintained his lead across the outfield warning track, but the Rough Rider faded fast at the turn, as Abe and Tom sprinted past him to the finish.
Lincoln's third consecutive come-from-behind victory vaulted the Great Emancipator to the top of the standings for the first time since April.
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a solid yet initially disturbing new drama premiering Sunday on ABC, is about a small Midwestern town where people who died and were buried years ago (and, most important, were grieved) begin showing up again. Not as rotted-out zombies but just as they were on the day they died. Waitaminnit. You feel as if you've heard about this before, don't you? You have. Last year, SundanceTV aired the dour, beautifully absorbing French miniseries 'The Returned' ('Les Revenants'), which was also about a small town visited by fully resurrected neighbors and loved ones. And that was based on a 2004 movie. 'Resurrection' is not an adaptation of those but is instead based on an American novel by Jason Mott that came out last year, called, of all things, 'The Returned.' (Meanwhile, AMC expressed interest last summer in making its own version of the French 'Returned' series.) I don't know if this is all coincidence or rip-off or what. Perhaps there is some lost news release in my inbox that explains why it's so important to producers and writers that American TV audiences be subjected to competing versions of a dark disruption in the mourning process. All of these projects start from a premise that's rooted in a symptom of the magical thinking that sometimes accompanies sudden loss and subsequent grief: You open the door and your loved one is back. As a critic, I find myself increasingly protective of the channel surfers who might accidentally land on shows that unnecessarily strike this sort of nerve. There's already so much death and sadness on TV to be assiduously avoided, and, as such, I cannot fathom the feelings that might be triggered by the opening episode of 'Resurrection,' in which an 8-year-old boy returns from the dead. Jacob (Landon Gimenez) wakes up in a rice paddy in rural China and, after some confusion, is flown back to the United States, where a federal immigration officer, Marty Bellamy (Omar Epps), decides to escort the boy back home to Arcadia, Mo. Jacob directs Marty to his house; when they knock on the door, Jacob's 60-year-old parents (Frances Fisher and Kurtwood Smith) answer and are faced with the son who drowned in a river 30 years ago. They've aged, but he hasn't. I can imagine a whole host of reactions this might cause, which only vaguely resemble the writing and acting that 'Resurrection' offers up as it fumbles around in search of some believable hybrid of wonder, terror, joy, relief, doubt – you name it. Luckily for 'Resurrection,' its aims are far more pedestrian and network-driven than the arthouse vibe of the French 'Returned.' Soon enough, Jacob is at the center of a mystery that draws in Maggie Langston (Devin Kelley), a local doctor. Maggie's mother was Jacob's aunt and is believed to have drowned while trying to pull Jacob from the river. But, apparently, it didn't happen that way at all, and long-hidden secrets begins to unravel. With the arrival of yet another dearly departed Arcadian (with perhaps more to come, I'm guessing), 'Resurrection' shifts gears and more comfortably settles into the steady and harmless nonsense of an episodic mystery, combining a whodunnit with the allure of a paranormal investigation. Since he's on a tight deadline to deliver a new 'Star Wars' movie to theaters by the end of next year, one can presume that J.J. Abrams does little more than wave a wizardly hand over the copious amount of material coming out of his TV production wing. The latest, called
(premiering Monday night on NBC), bears some of the telltale, factory-stamped Abrams characteristics. Co-created by Oscar-winning 'Gravity' director Alfonso Cuaron and Mark Friedman, it's a medium-concept, briskly stylish, slightly sci-fi drama about a little girl named Bo (Johnny Sequoyah), who is blessed with superhuman powers, among them telepathy and telekinesis of sorts. A sinister gazillionaire, Mr. Skouras (Kyle MacLachlan), would love nothing more than to have Bo for his own, so he can exploit her gifts; it's up to a clandestine band of protectors to keep the girl hidden from Skouras's agents. For reasons not clear in the pilot (but sure to be unraveled in however much symbolism and hooey 'Believe' can gin up during its time on the air), the protectors spring a wrongfully convicted death-row inmate, Tate (Jake McLaughlin), to act as the girl's anointed guardian and fight off her would-be kidnappers. From there, 'Believe' works best as a relentless chase scene. The first episode (directed by Cuaron) has some limberness to its movement, but, like so much else in this particular genre, produces a lukewarm result. Although 'Believe' isn't much like 'Resurrection' in theme, both shows partake in this overdone notion that one special-snowflake child holds the key to everything. It makes me wonder if today's grown-up television viewers (and creators) are so obsessed with raising their own gifted-and-talenteds that it results in so many shows about superhuman kids. I see your 'My child is an honor student' sticker and raise you one better: My child rose from the dead. (Yeah, well my child can summon a thousand angry pigeons with her sonic scream! She can also read minds and predict the future!) These strange children are talkative when they want to be and creepily silent whenever the adults around them would most like to know what the heck is going on. Even though 'Believe' and 'Resurrection' are above-average entries in the midseason rush of new shows, the puzzles these kids present aren't quite worth the time it would take to solve. – – – 'Resurrection' (one hour) premieres Sunday at 9 p.m. on ABC. 'Believe' (one hour) premieres Monday at 10 p.m. on NBC.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio - A few weeks before their prom king's death, students at an Ohio high school had attended an assembly on narcotics that warned about the dangers of heroin and prescription painkillers.
But it was one of the world's most widely accepted drugs that killed Logan Stiner - a powdered form of caffeine so potent that as little as a single teaspoon can be fatal.
The teen's sudden death in May has focused attention on the unregulated powder and drawn a warning from federal health authorities urging consumers to avoid it.
"I don't think any of us really knew that this stuff was out there," said Jay Arbaugh, superintendent of the Keystone Local Schools.
The federal Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it's investigating caffeine powder and will consider taking regulatory action. The agency cautioned parents that young people could be drawn to it.
An autopsy found that Stiner had a lethal amount of caffeine in his system when he died May 27 at his home in LaGrange, Ohio, southwest of Cleveland.
Stiner, a wrestler, had more than 70 micrograms of caffeine per milliliter of blood in his system, as much as 23 times the amount found in a typical coffee or soda drinker, according to the county coroner.
His mother has said she was unaware her son took caffeine powder. He was just days away from graduation and had planned to study at the University of Toledo.
Caffeine powder is sold as a dietary supplement, so it's not subject to the same federal regulations as certain caffeinated foods. Users add it to drinks for a pick-me-up before workouts or to control weight gain.
A minuscule amount packs a punch.
A mere 1/16th of a teaspoon can contain about 200 milligrams of caffeine, roughly the equivalent of two large cups of coffee. That means a heaping teaspoon could kill, said Dr. Robert Glatter, an emergency physician at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York.
The powder is almost impossible to measure with common kitchen tools, the FDA said.
"The difference between a safe amount and a lethal dose of caffeine in these powdered products is very small," FDA spokeswoman Jennifer Dooren said.
Glatter said he's seen several younger patients experience complications from caffeine in the last few months. Some arrive with rapid heart rates.
"They're starting to latch onto the powders more because they see it as a more potent way to lose weight," Glatter said.
Health officials worry about caffeine powder's potential popularity among exercise enthusiasts and young people seeking an energy boost.
Dr. Henry Spiller directs a poison control center at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.
Over a week or so this month, the center took reports of three people hospitalized for misusing caffeine powder.
"I can't believe you can buy this," Spiller said. "Honestly, I mean, it's frightening. It makes no sense to me."
Federal investigations have recently prompted some companies to pull products with added caffeine.
Last year, Wrigley halted sales and marketing of Alert caffeinated gum after discussions with the FDA. In 2010, the agency forced manufacturers of alcoholic caffeinated beverages to cease production of those drinks.
Authorities have also pledged to take action if they are able to link deaths to consumption of energy drinks. Hospitalizations from those drinks have been on the rise.
The number of emergency department visits involving energy drinks doubled - from 10,068 visits in 2007 to 20,783 visits in 2011, according to the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Most of the cases involved teens or young adults.
A full teaspoon of caffeine powder could contain 3,200 milligrams of caffeine.
In that concentrated amount, a person can experience adverse effects in a matter of minutes, said Dr. Bob Hoffman, a New York University medical toxicologist.
The brain becomes alert, then agitated and confused. The heartbeat picks up and can become dangerously irregular. A person can suffer nausea, vomiting and potentially a seizure.
"The thing about caffeine is just because you see it every day, just because it's naturally occurring - it comes from a plant - doesn't mean that it's safe," Hoffman said.
Back in Ohio, the superintendent of the district where Stiner attended school plans to take steps of his own. He wants to add the dangers of caffeine powder to drug and alcohol awareness programs.


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Every six months, Earth's biggest supercomputers have a giant race to see which can lay claim to being the world's fastest high-performance computing cluster.
In the latest Top 500 Supercomputer Sites list unveiled Monday morning, a newly assembled cluster built with IBM hardware at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) takes the top prize. Its speed? A whopping 16.32 petaflops, or 16 thousand trillion calculations per second. With 96 racks, 98,304 compute nodes, 1.6 million cores, and 1.6 petabytes of memory across 4,500 square feet, the IBM Blue Gene/Q system installed at LLNL overtakes the 10-petaflop, 705,000-core "K computer" in Japan's RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science.
The Japanese computer had been world's fastest twice in a row. Before that, the top spot was held by a Chinese system. The DOE computer, named "Sequoia," was delivered to LLNL between January and April. It's the first US system to be ranked #1 since November 2009.
To get to 16 petaflops, Sequoia ran the Linpack benchmark for 23 hours without a single core failing, LLNL division leader Kim Cupps told Ars Friday in advance of the list's release. The system is capable of hitting more than 20 petaflops—during the tests it ran at 81 percent efficiency.
"For a machine with 1.6 million cores to run for over 23 hours six weeks after the last rack arrived on our floor is nothing short of amazing," she said.
The cluster is extremely efficient for one so large, with 7,890 kilowatts of power, compared to 12,659 kilowatts for the second-best K Computer. It's primarily cooled by water running through tiny copper pipes encircling the node cards. Each card holds 32 chips, with each chip having 16 cores.
The entire cluster is Linux-based. Compute Node Linux is run on nearly 98,000 nodes, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux runs on 768 I/O nodes which connect to the file system, Cupps said.
To start, the cluster is on a relatively open network, allowing many scientists to use it. But after IBM's debugging process is over around February 2013, the cluster will be moved to a classified network that isn't open to academics or outside organizations. At that point, it will be devoted almost exclusively to simulations aimed at extending the lifespan of nuclear weapons.
"The kind of science we need to do is lifetime extension programs for nuclear weapons," Cupps said. "That requires suites of codes running. What we're able to do on this machine is to run large numbers of calculations simultaneously on the machine. You can turn many knobs in a short amount of time."
Blue Gene/Q uses a PowerPC architecture that includes hardware support for transactional memory, allowing more extensive real-world testing of technology.
In November 2011's Top 500 list, three of the top five clusters used NVIDIA GPUs (graphics processing units) in combination with CPUs to achieve very high speeds. This time around, only one of the top five integrates GPUs, although the overall number in the Top 500 integrating GPUs or similar accelerators rose from 39 to 58.
The use of GPUs in supercomputing tends to be experimental so far, said Dave Turek, IBM vice president of high performance computing. "The objective of this is to do real science," he said. GPUs are a bit more difficult to program for, he said.
While the majority of Top 500 computers use Ethernet or Infiniband as their primary interconnects, Sequoia uses IBM's proprietary 5D Torus. It's an optical network that provides 40 Gbps throughput to IBM's Blue Gene/Q clusters. I/O nodes are connected to the file system via Infiniband and the management network uses Ethernet, Cupps said.
IBM leads the Top 500 list with 213 systems, ahead of HP's 138. Nearly 80 percent—372 of the 500 systems—use Intel processors, followed by 63 using AMD Operton and 58 using IBM Power.
Three DOE systems are in the top 10. The rest hail from Japan, Germany, China, Italy, and France. All 10 have performance of at least at least 1.27 petaflops.
Petascale computers have become relatively commonplace since the IBM Roadrunner system at Los Alamos National Laboratory was the first to hit a petaflop in 2008. In fact, each of the top 20 systems on the new list hit at least a petaflop. Exascale, which would be 1,000 times faster, is the next big breakthrough for the IBMs, HPs, and Crays of the world to aspire to.
But a big advance in price-performance is necessary. Today's technology could scale up a lot higher—it just wouldn't be practical. Supercomputers are naturally expensive (even more expensive than the new MacBook Pro). The K Computer in Japan, for example, cost more than $1 billion to build and $10 million to operate each year. Livermore told us it spent roughly $250 million on Sequoia.
"We could get another order of magnitude with this technology if someone would write a check," Turek said. "But no one would want to write that check."


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Forever Young. By Bob Dylan. Illustrated by Paul Rogers. Atheneum Books for Young Readers / Ginee Seo Books, 40 pp., $17.99. Age range suggested on Amazon.com: 4–8. Actual age range: 50–70.
By Janice Harayda
Just in time for the holidays, here comes the latest piece of sucker bait tossed to sentimental baby boomers by publishers: a picture book that has no words except for the lyrics to Bob Dylan's hymn to youth, "Forever Young." What's next, Let's Read and Find Out About "Lay, Lady, Lay"? Or My First Book of "Everybody Must Get Stoned"?
The kindest thing you can say about this book is that it lacks the appropriate special effects: marijuana-laced scent strips so preschoolers can get stoned out of their minds while reading it. Paul Rogers's coolly antiseptic illustrations suggest none of the heat Dylan's music generated: A critic for Publishers Weekly rightly said that "the flat, digitally manipulated compositions recall 1960s low-budget animation."
Rogers's illustrations amount to a visual biography of Dylan from his Minnesota childhood through his early years as a singer-songwriter in New York (though you wonder if he and his schoolmates fist-bumped and wore waist-length backpacks as in this book). The pictures show Dylan playing only an acoustic guitar, but some details nod to his later electric years. And the book has so many images of celebrities that children could well come away from this book with the idea that Joan Baez, Ben Shahn, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, Edie Sedgwick, Albert Einstein, DA Pennebaker and Martin Luther King Jr. once stood shoulder-to-shoulder at an antiwar march as they do here. Rogers needs two pages of end notes to explain all the visual references that will sail right over the heads of four-year-olds, which makes Forever Young something rare: a picture book with footnotes.
"Forever Young" is a sweet song from its opening lines ("May God bless you and keep you always" / May all your wishes come true") through its closing refrain ("May you stay forever young"). But its simple rhyming lines don't have anything close to the energy or poignancy – or just the poetry – needed to sustain a 40-page book without a companion tape or CD. And the words reflect a point of view few children are likely to share.
Although parents may wish their offspring to stay "forever young," children typically want to grow up as fast as they can. This why psychologists advise parents to use such overworked as phrases as "big girl chair" or "big boy school" in talking about new and potentially frightening situations. Few things are scarier to many children than the idea that they may stay "forever young," which they may equate with powerlessness.
So here's a suggestion: If this book tempts you in the children's section of a bookstore, don't buy it for the kids. Buy it as a gag gift for one of those second-childhood–themed 50th or 60th birthday parties where everybody brings Mickey Mouse ears or Star Trek DVDs. For all its faults, Forever Young is still a lot cheaper than a gift certificate for six months' worth of Botox or Viagra.
Best line: An end note quotes a 2004 Los Angeles Times interview in which Dylan said he wrote "Blowin' in the Wind" in 10 minutes: "just put words to an old spiritual, probably something I learned from Carter Family records."
Worst line: Some end notes are glorified product plugs: "Highway 61 Revisited (1965) is a great album to listen to when you're on the road – or not."
Editor: Ginee Seo
Published: September 2008
Watch the trailer for this book on YouTube, which has Dylan singing "Forever Young" as the pages of the book turn, at www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCMgDc2uiWI.
Furthermore: Can't get enough of the sucker bait publishers throw at boomers? Click here to read about Steve Martin and Roz Chast's 2007 picture book, The Alphabet from A to Y www.oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/02/.
Janice Harayda is a novelist and award-winning critic.
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Coconut-Grapefruit Cupcakes with Matcha Frosting
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Even as a little kid, I liked flying home. Not the chaos of the security checks, the trip itself, or even the weary drive back to our house. But I love that first step outside SeaTac Airport. When I exit the airport after hours of flight and days of vacation – I breathe in the Pacific Northwest air as slowly and deliberately as I can. No matter where I've been or how much I enjoyed myself, that first breath always tastes like the freshest, cleanest air I've ever known.
My flight back from Boston was forgettable. I took a taxi from my school at 5 am, spent a two hour layover in Chicago, and finally made it to Seattle after 12 hours. As tired as I was, I anticipated the step outside. I usually get this incredible emotion, a mix of contentment and familiarity, a rush of glassy lakes and painted mountains. I dragged my suitcase outside with me, looked out at the flat grey sky, and inhaled.
But… nothing.
Instead, there was something else – a strange feeling I couldn't place. It sat in my chest, somewhat uncomfortably, even as the Toyota pulled up and I saw my mother for the first time since summer.
When we came home, the first thing I did was walk to the kitchen. I expected fireworks to burst in my heart, rainbows to pump through my veins and surge out my fingertips when we reunited. Nothing had changed in my absence. The walls were the same marigold yellow, the same checkerboard tile covered the floor, but somehow it wasn't the kitchen I'd remembered and missed. It looked cramped and dim, hardly big enough for three people and two dogs.
I wheeled my bag into my old room, pulled out my Boston sweatshirt, and fell asleep without unpacking.
Over the next few days, I saw Grandma and my parents, which made me feel like daybreak inside. Almost at once I caught up with old friends, a both strange and easy experience. But during the afternoon, with no classes or job to distract me, I got bored. If I wasn't asleep, I suffered from bad headaches all day. And that uncomfortable feeling lodged in my chest hadn't vanished.
By now, I've figured out what the feeling is… homesickness. I know it's ridiculous to feel homesick for school when I'm home. I also see how pointless it is to wallow in sadness, pining for Boston, while I have three weeks left in this beautiful place. If I don't appreciate the rain, family, and happiness I can only find in Seattle, I'll regret it a month later when I'm gone.
The solution for the headaches didn't come in Tylenol. It's a healthy combination of Mom's noodle soup, Dad's sweater hugs, damp dog paws all over my bed and the tug of a camera strap. It's a sifting of flour on my apron and cinnamon dust on my palms. It's not exactly a bitter pill to swallow.
One of the best things about being home is the food. Predictable, but it isn't even the food as much as the ingredients. There are the luxury items I haven't bought in college – all natural creamy peanut butter, the kind you have to stir up before spreading. Soft handmade tortillas, brown rice, even almonds! It's a joyful thing to appreciate a quick handful of almonds before dinner. And produce! Even in winter, at home I'm eating crisp spinach and sweet Asian pears.
The school menu never changes, and most of the fruit comes out of a can, soaked in sugary syrup. At home, every flavor is amplified. The grapefruit I sliced with my first breakfast back was so clean and fresh, the sharpest thing I'd tasted in ages. After I devoured it, I thought about citrus the rest of the day. I've been drinking grapefruits the way parched survivors reach for water.
Reacquainting myself with our kitchen is like slipping into a familiar song. Every measuring cup is where I know it'll be. Pans still clink and clatter in our cupboard, and that old bag of shredded coconut still has some life in it. The microplane zester, still my favorite tool in the room, is just as sharp as ever. The result? Coconut-Grapefruit Cupcakes with Matcha Frosting.
Even baked into a cupcake, the grapefruit manages to refresh. It's light and zingy, pairing beautifully with the sweetness of coconut. And the frosting? I wanted something mellow and subtle, and the green tea powder I bought from Pike Place Market over the summer was just the right touch.
When I opened that oven door, the warm air that surged up was so fragrant and sweet. I was caught off guard by how hot it was, and how good it felt against the oven mitt. Later, in bed, I rolled over and pressed my nose into my hair – it smelled like sugar. It was one of the best smells I'd almost forgotten.
I think I'll bake again tomorrow.
[It's good to be back. See you in 2011!]
Coconut-Grapefruit Cupcakes
Adapted from Martha Stewart
Makes 21 cupcakes
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup sweetened shredded coconut, finely chopped
1 1/2 sticks (6 oz) unsalted butter, softened
1 1/4 cups sugar
Zest of 2 grapefruits
2 large eggs + 2 large egg whites
3/4 cup unsweetened coconut milk
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line cupcake tins with paper liners.
Whisk the flour, baking powder, salt, and coconut together in a large bowl. In an electric mixer, cream the butter, sugar, and grapefruit zest until light and fluffy. Add the egg whites one at a time, beating well between whites.
On low speed, add the dry ingredients in 3 additions, alternating with the coconut milk and ending with the dry ingredients. Fill the cupcake tins 2/3 full and bake until a toothpick comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Cool on wire racks before frosting.
Matcha Frosting
Adapted from Savory Sweet Life
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
1 teaspoon matcha (green tea powder)
Pinch of salt
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 tablespoons milk or heavy cream
Beat the butter in an electric mixer with the paddle attachment on medium speed for a few minutes. Add the powdered sugar and matcha. Stir on the lowest speed possible (or give it a few turns first by hand to avoid sugar flying everywhere) until the sugar's incorporated into the butter. Then beat on medium speed and add the vanilla extract and salt. Beat for 3 minutes, then beat in a tablespoon of milk, adding more (or less) if necessary. More milk will make a thinner frosting, more sugar will make a stiffer frosting.
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I don't think I have ever read anything, much less a blog post that describes my life to a T!! When I was home over Christmas break I felt..off. I couldn't wait to get home for the holidays, it's the time I wait all year for! I was a little upset that I wasn't able to go home until December 23 because I had friends visiting me in Nashville. When I hit that Missouri state line though I couldn't have been more excited, my brother was even home from Afghanistan, nothing could go wrong. But from the time I got home, I never felt Christmasy and I wasn't quite as happy. I loved seeing family, eating at my local spots, and being with my best friends, but it was weird..I felt homesick…but for Nashville. I was actually really excited to go back. As soon as I got off my plane and then again when I walked through the door of my apartment, I felt easy and at home. It was the craziest feeling and I was so happy. But now my roommate still isn't back from home so I have been alone, which has again turned me homesick for my original home. Which has meant curling my hair late at night (bizarre I know!) and A LOT of baking. Of course I am pretty much the only one to eat it. I am just ready for normalcy! Oh, and my hair smells like oranges..I have had the same craving for citrus. I think I have had 3 oranges today alone. So weird!
Waouh!! All your recipes look amazing!! I'm french and even if i love backing i have to say that you are one of the most talented baker i've ever seen! Thanks for all your great coking ideas !! Good luck for college! Bye from France (sorry for my horrible english)
Hi your story is so well written. I'm preparing for leaving for college in the fall and I can't image not being able to bake for months at a time. Although I don't make pastries nearly as elaborate as your's. It seems odd to me though that you pine for school while you are at home. I guess everyone has a different experience.
Oh, I so know that feeling – dreadfully homesick… when you're at home?!
I spent a semester in Washington, DC last year, and coming home for spring break was one of the more painful things I've had to do. Your really do invest your heart when you are going to school and living away from home. And by doing so, that school becomes a home!
But you are right: we have to practice living fully in each and every moment- at school or at home. Whether that's enjoying our family, hanging out with friends, or simply baking! And by the way, those cupcakes look delicious!
Elissa, these cupcakes look amazing! The matcha frosting looks so unique, I can't wait to try it myself! I loved reading this post, I relate to so much you say, being an avid baker myself and having recently graduated from a Boston school. Can't wait to check back in soon and see how you are doing!
these look fabulous! Have you ever thought about culinary school?? I have a great blog about it if you want to check it out :)
It's a quite different experience returning home not only from college but from any place that we have been for an extended period of time. It's the memories and time shared with others that make what we each consider "home" so wonderful.
This looks absolutely delicious. I'm learning so much from your website. Thanks! :)
These are adorable! I love the unusual flavors I can't wait to try them. Your such an inspiration for me. I am looking to pursue a career in Culinary Arts and I can tell it's truly your form of expression as it is mine. A true passion of ours!
These cupcakes turned out wonderful! I delighted my guests tonight with this absolutely elegant creation. Everyone was asking me for the recipe, so i just directed them here.
Thank you for sharing them :)
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the crumb looks amazing yum love the mix of coconut and grapefruit :)
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The crux of it is that I like to make up words. And I especially like to make up swearwords. So gather round, Peopleaneous. It's time for a vocab lesson. I think we should call it:
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Assknuckle – an idiot. (Not to be confused with "assknuckler." That's something entirely different, dear ones.)
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Bitchknacker – someone with the knack for being a bitch.
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Buttermilk bitchcuits – a pair of bitches, in need of cutting. (I just made that up. Just now. You're witnessing greatness in action, my friends.)
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Cockgoblin – an inconsiderate prick. Also, someone who gobbles cocks.
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Crackmuncher – someone you're simply annoyed with.
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Facehole – a more satisfying word for mouth.
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Fucknugget – a sex toy. Kidding, ew. That's disgusting, and also I bet you'll look at chicken nuggets askance now, won't you? A fucknugget is an inconsiderate douchebag.
That little fucknugget broke my crayons!
Hodonkey – a person of ill repute. Or an unfortunate situation.
That hodonkey gave him a lapdance while her husband was outside!
Or – I'm out of cookies; ain't that a hodonkey?
Maggotbreath – someone with the breath of a thousand corpses.
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Punkernickel – a term of endearment.
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Slutface – a hodonkey.
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Soggy crack sniffer – an assknuckle.
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And sometimes, I ruin perfectly good words by forcing them to be insults. Like "mung bean." Someone piss you off? You fuckin' mung bean!
Try it.
How about "plate"? Oh my god, he's such a dickplate!
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